![]() ![]() Be in no doubt that this novel is a masterpiece: had David Peace, Eoin McNamee and Brian Moore sat down, they would have been very pleased indeed to have written The Cold Cold Ground - Declan Burke The Cold Cold Ground is a fearless trip into Northern Ireland in the 1980s: riots, hunger strikes, murders - yet Adrian McKinty tells a very personal story of an ordinary cop trying to hunt down a serial killer' - John McFetridge McKinty's The Cold Cold Ground has got onto on my five best books of the year list as it is riveting, brilliant and just about the best book yet on Northern Ireland - Ken Bruen The Cold Cold Ground confirms McKinty as a writer of substance. A brilliant piece of work which does for NI what Peace's Red Riding Quartet did for Yorkshire - Brian McGilloway McKinty's prose is a master-class in vicious poise. ![]() Sean Duffy is a compelling detective, the evocation of 19802 Northern Ireland is breathtaking and the atmosphere authentically menacing. Written with intelligence, insight and wit, McKinty exposes the cancer of corruption at all levels of society at that time. Adrian McKinty channels Dennis Lehane, David Peace and Joseph Wambaugh to create a brilliant novel with its own unique voice - Stuart Neville It's undoubtedly McKinty's finest. ![]() The Cold Cold Ground is a razor sharp thriller set against the backdrop of a country in chaos, told with style, courage and dark-as-night wit. ![]() Long-listed for CrimeFest Last Laugh Award 2013 (UK) Short-listed for Le Prix du Meilleur Polar 2013 (UK) Winner of Spinetingler Award Best Novel 2013 (UK) ![]()
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